McKnight moves on in the next chapter to discuss restoration. The goal is a restored follower of Jesus. Though the process is messy. It takes in some sense a rebuke. Peter denied that death was not necessary for Jesus; Peter was rebuked for it. Death is absolutely required for restoration. For us to listen to some micro-level restoration of a part of lives we must listen for Jesus rebuke that calls us to death. McKnight highlights the next step from rebuke is naturally repentance. Repentance as mentioned earlier in the book reveals to us our position in God’s kingdom. Finally a restoration predicated on God’s forgiveness is the root of God subversive plan for the fall.
Forgiveness is the root of the next chapter. In forgiveness from God then offering it to others, do we find that the Jesus Creed begin to take root in our lives. McKnight rehashes several examples of forgiveness to drive his point home.
The final chapter of the section discusses mission. I am glad that McKnight infuses mission and evangelism in this section. He makes the need for evangelism to happen as a personal task, as well as making it a need to know Jesus and the Creed better. Often evangelism is seen as an event that is exciting to partake in but never seen as necessary to your own spiritual walk. McKnight easily makes the case that to understand both parts of the Jesus Creed you must love others enough to make the creed known to them.
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